Sky Glass - any experience?

[CatmanV2]

They are making something that just plugs into current TV

Almost like a box on the outside, you mean?

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[conaero]

I had NowTv on a half price deal. When it comes to an end of the discount period, unsubscribe. They will offer you another 3 months at half price again.

Noted, ta

 

[philw696]

The software will be obsolete long before the TV needs replacing....

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Nothing more truer than that having just reprogrammed lots of brand new cars for a major manufacturer.

 

[dem maser]

Almost like a box on the outside, you mean?

C

Haha

 

[midlifecrisis]

Noted, ta

From memory they say something like.
[Cancel Subscription]
"we really sorry for you to leave, do you really want to miss out on top sport such as International Tiddlywinks, Topless Darts for only £60 a month?"
[Click Yes, I'm Sure]
[Next page]
We'd really like you to stay, we'll offer you top sport for £20 a month for the next 3 months

Makes you wonder how many fall at the first hurdle and have sort for £60 a month.

 

[spkennyuk]

I have a problem with the signal to my sky box. My neighbours have a silver birch tree which, when the wind blows, interferes with the signal to my dish. Usually when the F1 is on.

I could have the dish moved for a couple of hundred quid, but Sky have another option, Sky Glass, which is a bit cheaper than I am paying right now.

Has anyone got it, is it any good? Are there any limitations compared to a Sky Q box?

To put it simply. Sky glass does everything that the Q box does with the exception of recording. Im not sure if you can pause live tv as a result.

Like most people you probably have your own box set recordings on your Q box which you keep forever and watch whenever you like from either the main Q box or a mini Q box in another room.

Sky glass doesnt record anything but instead puts a book mark in the planner that links through to whichever streaming service it is available on. Such as bbc iplayer, itv hub, more 4 and the like. Which is fine until the streaming service its stored on removes the programme. You then have a book mark with nothing to watch attached to it.

You also need an extra puck for each room. First one is free i believe but after that you pay for additional rooms.

If your internet goes down your stuck with terrestrial TV as a back up provided you still have an aerial.

If i was betting they will bring out a V2 of sky glass with a built in hard drive. Seems like a fundamental oversight to me when people will compare sky q to sky glass.

 

[daverichardson]

Stop funding the Dirty Digger (Private Eye thank you) empire (please).
There are no Virgins in Middlesbrough.

What am I to do?

 

[Oneball]

Stop funding the Dirty Digger (Private Eye thank you) empire (please).
There are no Virgins in Middlesbrough.

What am I to do?

Murdoch has nothing to do with Sky TV in the UK. He sold it all to Comcast about 5 years ago.

 

[Harry]

Found you a new dish.
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[CatmanV2]

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I did NOT get anal probed!

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[Gazcw]

I did NOT get anal probed!

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It's a butt er dish

 

[Ryandoc]

Sky moved my dish FOC just a few months ago as trees next to my house started to interfere.

Im in contract, arranged a site visit and he moved it there and then